Underhose



Sept. 29.11925; 1,555,752

0. OSBORNE. JR

' finnnnuosn Filed April 28, 1925 INVENTOR Owe/z ash/11.9252: BY

ATTdRNEYs Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES OWEN OSBORNE, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNDERHOSE.

Application filed April 28, 1925.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN OsnonNn, J12, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Phil adelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Undcrhose. of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to underhose and more particularly to a hose orstocking which is designed to be worn under a silk outer hose.

When the Weather is cold it is desirable to wear under a silk stockingan underhose which will provide the necessary warmth. Such underhose asheretofore made are-con structed without sole, toe and heel portions andhave straps holding the upper portion of the foot of the hose in place.Such straps slip particularly when they are not a perfeet lit, and otherforms of construction are undesirable principally for the reason thateither they do not properly hold the underhose or that they areuncomfortable and too warm for that portion of the foot within theslipper or shoe.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide an underlies-e which is anentirety, having; a complete foot and leg portion, but the toe; sole andheel portions are of a thickness or texture appreciably less than therest of the hose and yet are knitted as a fixed part of the hose, sothat the underhose will always lie smooth and yet will be comfortable tothe wearer and Will not unduly overheat the foot.

lVith these and other objects invi-ew, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangcn'ients ofparts, which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out inthe claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view,illustratinn my improved underhose;

l igure 2 is an exaggerated View in longitudinal section through thefoot and lower leg portion of the hose.

1 represents the leg portion of the hose, which is of any suitablematerial, knitted in any desired manner, and given the proper size,shape and thickness.

2 is the foot portion of the hose. The upper half of this foot portionwhich cov- Serial No. 26,556.

ers the instep, as indicated at 4, is of the same thickness or textureas the main portion of the hose, while the main part of the footportion, which includes a portion of the heel, sole and toe portion andextends up the sides of the foot portion the desired distance, is ofappreciably thinner or lighter texture, asindicated at 3, yet is knittedas a fixed part or a continuation of the main portion of the hose.

I would call particular attention to this lighter or thinner knittedportion constituting the main toot portion of the hose as it extendssuostantially throughout that portirn oi. the foot of the hose which isnormally corered by a slipper, so that when a silk hose is located overthe underhose there will be within the slipper a combined thicknesswhich is little more than the average stocking has, so that there willbe no undue heating of the foot and at the same time the under stockingwill remain smooth, so that there will be an unwrinkl-ed, neatappearance to both. the under stocking and the outer stocking.

It is this broad idea of a complete under stocking having a toe, soleand heel portion knitted as a part of the stocking and yet thinner orlighter in weight than the rest of the stocking which constitutes thebroad idea of my invention, and I do not wish to be lin'iited to themanner of knittil'ig the stocking or hose, the materials employed, or toany particular proportions and arrangements of the thick and thinnerportions other than the thin or light portions constituting that portionof the foot covering which is normally enclosed Within a shocor slipper.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general formof the parts described without departing from the invention, and hence Ido not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myselfat liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fallwithin the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

An underhose having a foot portion liXe-d thereto, the heel, toe andlower portion of the foot of the hose being of appreciably thinnertexture than the upper portion of the foot of the hose and the leg ofthe hose.

OWEN OSBORNE, JR.

